Magic Mike XXL

Three staffers, three unabashed recommendations.

Ever since Steven Soderbergh’s interest in the franchise petered out, Channing Tatum has been the keeper of the Magic…

Focusing a viewer’s attention is one of a filmmaker’s primary tasks. On the most basic level, this usually involves…

What makes a great movie trailer? As with the films they sell, there’s no one answer. Some trailers provide a strong…

Not every great movie has a standout great scene, just as not every great scene comes from a great movie. That’s our…

The impending end of the year means an onslaught of end of the year lists where critics and others must opine and…

In a horrible disruption of the space-time continuum, Paramount accidentally created an alternate timeline where…

With Magic Mike XXL hitting theaters this weekend, everyone’s got wieners on the brain. Luckily and/or unluckily,…

With only a few short hours to go before Magic Mike XXL lets everyone enjoy the gyrations of extremely ripped…

“Picaresque” might seem like an odd word for a male-stripper comedy produced by a major film studio, but that’s the…

In 2012, cinematic chameleon Steven Soderbergh surprised everyone when his film Magic Mike was more than…

Warner Bros.’ marketing department appears to have learned its lesson from the first Magic Mike movie, and is…

The association between the words “beefcake” and “Pee-wee Herman” has finally been cemented with the announcement…

At least part of Channing Tatum’s success as an actor can be attributed to how self-aware he is. He knows he looks…

After having already lost Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike XXL has tried a number of different tactics to replace…

In a desperate attempt to fill the Matthew McConaughey-shaped hole in fans’ hearts, the producers of Magic Mike XXL…

One of the most amusing things about Magic Mike was the irritated reactions of moviegoers who went in expecting an…

Morale among Magic Mike XXL fans is at an all-time low following yesterday’s announcement that Matthew McConaughey ha…

In a trade-off of performers so similar that most audiences will probably never even notice the difference, Variety…

Steven Soderbergh may have retired from film directing, but his alter egos Peter Andrews and Mary Ann Bernard are…